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| Open-File Report 2007–1100 |
By Martin R. Risch, Amanda L. Ulberg, and Bret A. Robinson
Prepared in cooperation with the Indiana Army National Guard
ONLINE ONLY
An environmental assessment of the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center near Butlerville in Jennings County, Indiana, was completed during October and November 2005. As part of the Department of Defense Earth Science Program, the U.S. Geological Survey collected information about environmental conditions at the 825-acre former State of Indiana mental health facility prior to its conversion by the Indiana National Guard into an urban training center. The assessment was designed to investigate the type and extent of potential contamination associated with historical activities in selected areas of the facility.
Samples of surface water, ground water, surface soil, and buried sediment were collected for the assessment in seven geographic study areas. Surface-water samples were collected from flowing and pooled surface water, as well as seeps and springs where ground water discharged at the land surface. Ground-water samples were collected from temporary wells installed in boreholes drilled to bedrock. Surface-soil samples were collected near sites of possible contamination. Buried-sediment samples were taken from core material collected near the top of bedrock at depths of 6.4 to 26 feet. For the assessment, 59 environmental, 22 quality-assurance, and 46 laboratory-blank samples were analyzed for as many as 65 volatile organic compounds, 62 semivolatile organic compounds, 20 trace elements, 10 inorganic cations and anions, 3 nutrients, and 4 water-quality characteristics.
Concentrations of constituents detected in these samples were compared with regulatory standards (the Indiana Surface-Water-Quality Standards and Indiana Ground-Water-Quality Standards) and guidance criteria from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management’s Risk Integrated System of Closures for contaminated soil and ground water. Standards or criteria were exceeded by 17 constituent concentrations in 11 environmental samples from 5 of the 7 geographic study areas. Standards or criteria were exceeded for 10 constituents: ammonia, arsenic, benzo(a)pyrene, beryllium, chloride, chloroform, copper, lead, sulfate, and zinc.
Abstract
Introduction
Purpose and Scope
Previous Investigations
Description of the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center
History
Physical Setting
Hydrology
Study Methods
Assessment Design
Sample Collection
Sample Analysis
Quality Assurance
Concentrations of Constituents
Comparisons to Regulatory Standards and Guidance Criteria
Environmental Assessment
Geographic Study Area 1 (the former stone quarry, AOC 21)
Geographic Study Area 2 (the vegetation disposal area, AOC 18)
Geographic Study Area 3 (including the lawn shop, AOC 6)
Geographic Study Area 4 (including the laundry, AOC 5)
Geographic Study Area 5 (including utility buildings, AOC’s 7 and 8, and trades shops, AOC’s 9 and 10)
Geographic Study Area 6 (including the existing wastewater-treatment plant, AOC 2, and the former wastewater-treatment plant, AOC 13)
Geographic Study Area 7 (including the power house, AOC 3, and store room, AOC 4)
Summary
Acknowledgments
References Cited
Appendixes
| 1. | Characteristics of Sampling Sites. | |
| 2. | Characteristics of Samples. | |
| 3. | Descriptions of Boreholes and Buried-Sediment Cores. | |
| 4. | Characteristics of Analytical Constituents for Samples. | |
| 5. | Field-Duplicate Sample Data. | |
| 6. | Matrix-Spike Sample Data. | |
| 7. | Concentrations of Constituents Detected in Surface-Water Samples and Selected Quality-Assurance Samples. | |
| 8. | Concentrations of Constituents Detected in Ground-Water Samples and Selected Quality-Assurance Samples. | |
| 9. | Concentrations of Constituents Detected in Surface-Soil Samples. | |
| 10. | Concentrations of Constituents Detected in Buried-Sediment Samples. |
1–3. Maps showing:
| 1. | Location of the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center near Butlerville, Indiana. | |
| 2. | Geographic study areas 1 and 2 and sampling sites at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center near Butlerville, Indiana, October and November 2005. | |
| 3. | Geographic study areas 3 through 7 and sampling sites at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center near Butlerville, Indiana, October and November 2005. |
4–6. Photographs showing:
| 4. | (A) Direct-push drill rig and (B) typical sediment cores collected at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center near Butlerville, Indiana, October and November 2005. | |
| 5. | Typical sampling techniques for surface-water samples collected at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center near Butlerville, Indiana, October and November 2005. | |
| 6. | Typical sampling techniques for ground-water and field blank samples collected at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center near Butlerville, Indiana, October and November 2005. |
7–8. Maps showing:
| 7. | Locations of environmental samples with concentrations of constituents greater than an Indiana regulatory standard or guidance critieria in geographic study areas 1 and 2 at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center near Butlerville, Indiana, October and November 2005. | |
| 8. | Locations of environmental samples with concentrations of constituents greater than an Indiana regulatory standard or guidance critieria in geographic study areas 3 through 7 at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center near Butlerville, Indiana, October and November 2005. |
| 1. | Geographic study areas and areas of concern at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center near Butlerville, Indiana, October and November 2005. | |
| 2. | Environmental samples at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center near Butlerville, Indiana, October and November 2005. | |
| 3. | Constituent groups and methods of laboratory analysis for environmental samples collected at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center near Butlerville, Indiana, October and November 2005. | |
| 4. | Concentrations of constituents detected in environmental samples collected at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center in October and November 2005, that were greater than Indiana regulatory standards or guidance criteria. |
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